# Meet Smellicopter: The Drone That Uses Live Moth Antenna To Follow Scents

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/meet-smellicopter-the-drone-that-uses-live-moth-antenna-to-follow-scents/
- Published: 2020-12-13T09:00:52-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo: ‘Smellicopter’ […]. Screenshot from YouTube / University of Washington. Article by Erika P. Melanie Anderson was a Ph.D. student of mechanical engineering at the University of Washington when she made the Smellicopter, an autonomous drone that uses a live moth antenna to follow scents and navigate them. She and her team published their paper in  IOP Science, which describes the Smellicopter as: “A bio-hybrid odor-guided autonomous palm-sized air vehicle.” […] Click here to view original web page at www.sciencetimes.com   Curated by Theresa Wysocki Director of Art & Design See Full Bio